Jun(e) fun(e)

On Monday, June 4th, Bob headed to Killdeer to help Jimmy.

On Monday night, this tree fell down in our yard.

On the 9th, Diane flew to Cleveland

to surprise Cousin Mary Anne for her birthday.

David and Susie met Diane at the airport and 

they went to Aladdin's to eat before heading

to Donna's new condo.

On Sunday, Diane surprised Mary Anne after church,

and that evening Leanne, Chris, Tim, Susie, David,

Mary Anne, and Diane went to Michael's for dinner.

We forgot to take pictures!!

 Cousins Leanne, Chuck, and Diane had lunch at Frank's on Monday.

Later, cousins Najwa, Chuck, and Robbie came 

to sort out some "stuff" that Uncle George and Aunt Mary

had saved for many years!

 Irene and Diane reminisced about St. Mary's 

over lunch at Donna's condo on Tuesday.

 Wednesday was lunch at Nate's with cousins 

Bev (on right), and friend Angie (on left) who bought

Mother's condo, Marcia, Chuck, and Fran. 

 Later, Angie took us to the condo to see some renovations.

 Leanne hosted a picnic on Wednesday evening

with Tim and Chris, Ellen, Kira and Mark, Mary Anne,

Katie, Madison, and Macie, Susie and David, and Diane.

 Mary Anne and Katie celebrated birthdays!

A lot of hot air :-)

 Sweetly cutting the sweet cake together :-)

 Opening gifts?

Maddie has her cake and eats it, too,

while Macie, and David play chess.

 The condo is on the 16th floor, 

so I took some pics.  This is one West view.

 Another view to the West--hoping to convert 

one of the tennis courts for pickle ball!

 Leanne on the balcony that faces East

Lake Erie :-)

David and Susie treated us to dinner

at Mahle's on Friday night.

After an ev-eat-ful week, 

Diane flew back to ND on Saturday, June 16th.

On Thursday, June 28th, 

Ana and the girls came to the farm. 

That night the lightning hit one of our trees,

and burned off a branch! 

Ana left on Friday morning so that she and Corey

could head to Spain. Later that

day, we took the girls to the Pierce County Fair.

The booster seats fit in the back of the pickup.

The first thing we saw at the fair was "Farmer" Claire,

two "dogs" (Cecelia and Lydia), 

and the "hired man" (Bob)! :-)

We saw these "cows" "moo-ving" around!

Can you guess who they are?

Cecelia, Claire, and Lydia (l to r) 

The girls enjoyed the 4-H livestock show

 and posed with another "kid" that they met :-)

 This lizard was part of a traveling zoo,

 and so was the T-Rex we saw later.

 The bracelets were a bargain...

 because the girls

 went on most of the rides at least

 three times! (before and after our steak supper).

 The "Frog" was Claire's favorite...

 Lydia liked the "Fun Slide" the best,

 they all loved the "Dragon,"

and Cecelia's favorite was the "Wacky Cowboy."

We could feed the animals at the "petting zoo,"

including the friendly Alpaca.

The "kids" loved the "kids"

and the food shared by the

other

kids.  The girls said the liked the bunnies the best.

 These "pirates" (Cecelia)

 tried (Claire)

(Lydia) to scare Gramma Diane. :-)

On Saturday, the 30th, we went 

to the kids' musical in Cando.